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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024trans•po•si•tion (trans′pə zish′ən),USA pronunciation n. - an act of transposing.
- the state of being transposed.
- a transposed form of something.
- [Genetics.]the movement of a gene or set of genes from one DNA site to another.
- [Photog.]the process of reversing the tonality of an image, as from negative to positive.
- [Math.]a permutation of a set of elements that interchanges two elements and leaves the remaining elements in their original positions.
- Medieval Latin trānspositiōn- (stem of trānspositiō). See trans-, position
- 1530–40;
trans′po•si′tion•al, trans•pos•i•tive (trans poz′i tiv)USA pronunciation, adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: transposition /ˌtrænspəˈzɪʃən/ n - the act of transposing or the state of being transposed
- something transposed
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024trans•pose /trænsˈpoʊz/USA pronunciation v., -posed, -pos•ing. - to change or reverse the relative position of; interchange:[~ + object]to transpose the third and fourth letters of a word.
- Music and Danceto write or perform (a musical composition) in a different key: [~ + object]to transpose the song so she could sing it more easily.[no object]He could transpose at sight.
trans•po•si•tion /ˌtrænspəˈzɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]: transpositions of letters to make up a code.[uncountable]: the use of transposition in building a code.See -pos-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024trans•pose (v. trans pōz′;n. trans′pōz),USA pronunciation v., -posed, -pos•ing, n. v.t. - to change the relative position, order, or sequence of;
cause to change places; interchange:to transpose the third and fourth letters of a word. - to transfer or transport.
- [Algebra.]to bring (a term) from one side of an equation to the other, with corresponding change of sign.
- Mathematics(of a matrix) to interchange rows and columns.
- [Music.]to reproduce in a different key, by raising or lowering in pitch.
- to transform;
transmute.
v.i. - to perform a piece of music in a key other than the one in which it is written:to transpose at sight.
n. - [Math.]a matrix formed from a given matrix by transposing.
- Middle French transposer. See trans-, pose1
- Middle English transposen to transmute 1350–1400
trans•pos ′a•ble, adj. trans•pos′a•bil ′i•ty, n. trans•pos ′er, n. - 1, 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged rearrange.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged invert.
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